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trol of the city government through
Sweitzer"s election? Thompson's
record stamps him as a reactionary,
Lorimer type of Republican, whose
principal argument so far is that his
election would bring" prosperity and
give jobs to the unemployed. I won
der if he thinks we are fools enough
to fall for that ancient stuff. It is
every bit as bad as this religious bunk
that is being dragged in by both sides.
Candidates who will resort to such
tactics deserve the rebuke of inde
pendent voters.
So let's get together, brothers and
sisters, and serve them up a regular
"Old Party Voters' Stedman League."
If you favor the idea let us all know
about it through the good old Day
Book and a ways and means will be
found shortly to make this idea an ef
fective reality. J. A. Meade, 902 N.
Parkside av.
DISCUSSION HARMFUL. The
Day Book should stop discussion.
Vital problems should be avoided.
The ftudal nobles never discussed
the validity of their rights they just
took the money and executed the, dis
contented. In this way they main
tained their position for a long time.
Religious discussion is especially
disturbing. If economic discussion
should diminish my income I might
not be able to travel, as I am- doing
now, to get a view of the benefits now
flowing into my class. I am able to
report to other aristocrats that the
workers are, in the main, satisfied
with the existing condition of things
and will continue to hand us our large
profits. My equals will see the folly
of disturbing the producers by rais
ing foolish debates on the high cost
of living, etc.
I trust that others will travel in the
interest of culture and to help the
railroad business. Aristocrat.
VOTE FOR THE RUBBER STAMP.
A statistician has recently made an
extended survey into the high salar
ies paid to public servants in the emj
ploy of cities, states and the national
government from the eastern to the
western ocean, the following sum
mary being deduced from the facts
obtained:
First Practically all of those
elected or appointed who receive
$10,000 and over and most of those
getting $5,000, can be substituted by
the purchase of av rubber stamp, an
econoniy to the taxpayers of the dif
ference betwen the cost of the stamp
and the salaries now paid.
Second Most of the talent for or
ganization and the ability for super
vision lie with the first and second
assistants receiving $2,000 to $3,000
a year in direct opposition to the
overplayed slogan that "big salaries
must be paid to secure efficiency."
Third Practically all the real de
votion, steadfastness and tireless in
dustry connected with all public
offices in every state and city is found
among those receiving from $500 to
$1,200 per' year, and it is these lat
ter whose pay is always cut down
during "waves of economy," all of
which is plainly on the ground that
we Americans hark back to monar
chy and feudalism and insist upon
continuing the support of our little
local Lords and Ladies as ornaments
to society.
It is these same "Lords and
Ladies" who control the theory of in
struction in our public schools and
under the title of "education" con
tinue to impart certain kinds of
knowledge each in its own little brain
pocket entirely separated from the
rest, in order that no one may be
trained to think rationally and thus
puncture the forms of graft and priv
ilege that have come down to us
from time immemorial.
The fact that the humble workers
at $500 to $1,200 per year are hu
manly and spiritually just as good as
those who receive $10,000 and up
ward, and their children just as much
entitled to culture and preparation
for future citizenship as the Local
, Lords and Ladies themselves, en,-
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